On her way to the Olympics, Erica Dawson has been learning to play computer games – in a bid to win the first Women’s America’s Cup.
America’s Cup
Jones has America’s Cup in her DNA
She was a baby at Team NZ’s first America’s Cup win, now Gemma Jones has joined the team as a sailor in her own right
Flying boat designer now flits along trails
After helping an America’s Cup boat to fly, Robyn Lesh fell in love with Kiwi trails and is now a pro ultra runner.
Peacemaker to Am Cup sailor – women on a new tack
Almost 130 years after the first woman sailed in the America’s Cup, Team NZ are training a crew for the first all-female Cup regatta
Where is she now? Penny Whiting
Major surgery hasn't slowed down sailing trailblazer Penny Whiting – still racing yachts at 75, Suzanne McFadden writes.
Time for women to fly in America's Cup
Will the inaugural women's America's Cup pave the way for female sailors to compete for the Auld Mug? Team NZ can see the path clearly, Suzanne McFadden discovers.
Erica Dawson's blazing new sailing trail
Kiwi sailors Erica Dawson and Micah Wilkinson are a real medal chance at the Nacra 17 world champs in Canada this week, after a hot streak in Europe. And Dawson tells Suzanne McFadden she's loving the ride on a new professional route.
Burling and Tuke help all women's crew bridge the gap
A star-studded crew of NZ’s top sailing women have launched onto a new stage to try to close the gender gap – with the backing of two of the best male sailors in the world.
Our wild, weird year in sport
It's been a strange year for sport – again. We look back at the high – and low – lights of 2021.
Don't take our eyes off the ball
From football to sailing, netball to tennis – in the space of one week, sport made some important steps towards equality. But, Suzanne McFadden writes, there were also reminders of global problems in women's sport.
The Detail: Making Auckland's waterfront wondrous
Hundreds of millions has been poured into developing Auckland's waterfront, and there's more mega-funding to come. Is it being spent in the right place?
The Detail: The Auckland America's Cup wash-up
Covid meant Auckland missed out on the big spenders – but there were still considerable benefits from hosting the America's Cup.